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November 30, 2012

NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams on SecuraFone & Distracted Driving

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May is Global Youth Traffic Safety Month, but despite driver’s education classes and family rules, statistics show that teen’s inexperience makes them the most likely drivers on the road to be in a car accident. Yesterday, NBC Nightly News with Brian Williams reported on the issue of teens and distracted driving and highlighted a new app that can help parents monitor their children’s driving habits called SecuraFone.

Adding to the dangers of inexperience, according to a new PEW Internet study, 31% of teens ages 14-17 now own a smartphone. SecuraFone can help parents monitor how fast their teens are driving and where they are going while blocking them from being able to text, Facebook, Tweet or otherwise let their smartphones distract them while driving.

A powerful family safety solution, SecuraFone can text parents if their child is driving on roads they are not allowed to be on, speeding, and the app can keep teens from using their phone while driving. SecuraFone uses the GPS on a smartphone to detect when a teen is moving over 5 mph. The app then locks the phone screen until the teen is finished driving.

Additionally, parents can set up SecuraFences or virtual borders for their child’s phone. Borders can be set up around certain neighborhoods or cities to stop teens from driving on the highway or certain roads without their parent’s knowledge and permission. Parents can also preset speed alerts. If teens cross a SecuraFence or drive faster than a set limit, parents will be alerted by text message and/or email.

SecuraFone is currently available for iPhone(R) and Android(R) phones and is available in a free basic version with the option to upgrade for additional features with an $8.99 monthly fee. SecuraFone can be downloaded by visiting the SecuraFone website or through your mobile device’s app store. A SecuraFone application is also being developed for Blackberry(R) and Windows(R) Mobile devices. For more information please visit www.securafone.com .

About SecuraTrac

SecuraTrac(R) develops, markets, and sells a suite of products dedicated to bringing families closer together and improving employee safety through GPS location based technology and state-of-the-art, easy-to-use websites. SecuraTrac’s SecuraPAL(R) Guardian solution for children is the recipient of The National Parenting Center Seal of Approval. SecuraTrac has also developed a new GPS safety app, SecuraFone(R), for mobile devices and a free life-saving service called SecuraChild(TM) that leverages crowd sourcing and social media to broadcast and speed-up the location of missing children. The company is headquartered in Hermosa Beach, CA. For more information please visit www.securatrac.com.

October 29, 2012

CBS 5 in Phoenix, Arizona on SecuraFone Safety App

Filed under: Child GPS Tracking, Children, Family, Online, Safety, Security, TV, Wireless Communications, _SecuraFone RSS, _SecuraTrac RSS — Tags: , , , , — admin @ 9:00 am

ANTHEM, AZ (CBS5/AP) - It’s the latest high-tech way to keep track of your kids. A new smart phone app is giving parents some extra peace of mind this Halloween.

Valley mom Tracy Begalke has three children. Finn, 4, will roam their Anthem neighborhood with his parents by his side, but the two older children will likely wonder off on their own, Begalke said. “I usually tell them what streets they can’t go past, but there’s no way of really knowing how far they go,” said Begalke. The Valley mom just discovered the new app for her smart phone that will allow Begalke to instantly see where her kids are at all times.

It’s called SecuraFone. It is basically a GPS device that can be linked to any child’s cell phone and will send mom, dad or anyone else a text or email alert every few minutes giving them the exact location of their adventurous trick-or-treater. “I like being able to keep track of them without having to bother them and nag them,” said Begalke. “If I can designate an area and their phone is keeping track of them, it’s much easier.”

Ashley Bergeron is a registered nurse at Banner Baywood Medical Center in Mesa. She said that you can never take too many precautions when it comes to kids safety, especially on Halloween. “Kids are curious. They might tell you they’re going to one spot and they’re going to be somewhere else,” said Begeron. “I think with this type of technology, that’s what its in place for so we do know where are children are.”

The SecuraFone app will also let children make an emergency call with a quick press of a button. Most safety experts still recommend parents follow their kids on Halloween, but for those older trick or treaters who are too big for mom and dad to tag along the kid tracker app could be just what parents are looking for.

The SecuraFone app is free, but there is also a premium version.

For more information visit www.securafone.com.

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October 10, 2012

CBS Denver on SecuraFone App to Keep Children Safe

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DENVER (CBS4) – A major concern for parents each Halloween is safety, especially when children are trick-or-treating after dark. Now there’s a new way to keep track of children.

For many children Halloween is a favorite time of year, but no matter how fun the costumes are, and how responsible the children are, parents worry. That’s why Chris Holbert developed SecuraFone, a free app to help keep children safe.

“The free version will load and instantly allow them to see where the child is at any point in time from their phone or any connected device,” Holbert said. The app also allows children to make an emergency call to their parents with a quick swipe.

“It will send a text message and an email alert to as many people as you want. So it can be their friends, their parents, or older brother, or whoever it is; and they will see exactly where they are,” Holbert said.

Parents and nannies all say it’s so easy to look away for a moment and realize a child is suddenly out of sight. “I think it’s a really good idea for their safety and for the parents’ peace of mind,” a woman said. The app is one way to help know exactly what haunted house children may be visiting. There are additional apps with additional features that will cost money.

Link: SecuraFone

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WGN Chicago on SecuraFone for Best Halloween App

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For tracking your trick-or-treaters – SecuraFone. Free for iOS and Android.

If you’re looking for a way to keep an eye on your trick-or-treater’s movements on Halloween night, there’s an app for that! Start by creating a free account SecuraFone.com. Then, have your trick-or-treater download the app on his phone. From the website at home, you can pinpoint exactly where your trick-or-treater is!

If you decide to upgrade, it costs $8.99 a month per mobile phone. But it includes live GPS tracking and a SOS slide bar for discrete and immediate calls for help to 911 or friends and family.

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May 7, 2012

NBC LA on SecuraFone - App Helps Parents Monitor Teen Drivers

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SecuraTrac’s CEO Chris Holbert explains how his company’s smartphone app can help cut down on distracted driving among teenagers, 11 of which die every day from texting while driving. Stephanie Elam reports from Gardena for the NBC4 News at 5 p.m

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April 1, 2012

CW33 in Dallas - 911 Dispatch Struggles to Locate Cell Phone Callers

Filed under: Online, Personal Emergency Response System, Phones, Safety, Security, TV, Wireless Communications, _SecuraTrac RSS — admin @ 9:00 am

By Doug Magditch

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ARLINGTON, Texas —

If you’re calling 911, you’re probably not having the best day. There’s a good chance you won’t be thinking clearly.

So, help yourself now, before you need help.

“Most of our calls, we have no idea where they are calling from,” said Sha Curtis, Arlington Interim Communications Manager.

Our vision’s been clouded by television dramas. Once upon a time, dispatchers knew where you were calling from. That was back in the days of the landline. Now, the line’s been cut.

“They believe, just based on television, that their address is just automatically populated when they deal 911. That’s not the case,” said Curtis.

In Arlington, 78% of calls to dispactch come from cell phones. When a cell phone call comes in, the system estimates the caller’s location. That estimation could be within a few meters or a few miles.

“What we get is an estimated number of meters that we use to convert. It’s never an address. So, we have to work to get the address,” said Curtis.

If you hang up without giving a location, dispatch has to track you down. First the dispatcher will call you back. If there’s no response, he/she will call you cellular provider. That could result in an address, but not necessarily where you called from.

A new smartphone app, Securafone, may help. You can program in phone numbers and email addresses for emergency contacts, like friends and family members. You can also program in 911 as a emergency call number. So, if you’re stranded, you can call all of your emergency contacts at once.

Whoever you put in as a contact will get an alert, along with a GPS location of where the alert came from. They’ll know exactly where you are and where you’re going.

Only problem is, dispatch won’t get the GPS location, but whoever does can call in to assist the dispatcher.

“It goes to a Google map and it shows exactly where it was. Now, he has an option whether he should call her directly and ask her to verify if she’s having an emergency or he can go right to Arlington PD and say, ‘my sister just sent me an alert and she’s on main and first,’” explained Robert Tomlinson, Director of Sales for Securatrac.

While the system isn’t fool-proof, in an emergency, every little bit can help.

Copyright © 2012, KDAF-TV

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March 7, 2012

CBS Philadephia - SecuraFone is “App-tastic”

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By Chris Morris

PHILADELPHIA (CBS) - On today’s APP-tastic and outta SITE – SecuraFone.

Need to know where someone is in a hurry? The SecuraFone app uses the GPS technology that’s embedded in most smart phones to locate them instantly. You’re able to find kids either on an as-needed basis or through regular text alerts. The app can also block text messages in a moving car and send alerts if someone’s in a vehicle that’s moving too fast.

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March 1, 2012

KRON San Francisco - New App Turns Your Smartphone Into Emergency Beacon

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By Gabe Slate

Gabe Slate of KRON San Francisco reviews SecuraFone and how easy it can be to get help when you need it most.

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January 27, 2012

WLTX - An App Every Parent Should Have

Filed under: Child GPS Tracking, Distracted Driving, Family, Online, Personal Emergency Response System, Phones, Safety, Security, TV, Wireless Communications, _SecuraFone RSS, _SecuraTrac RSS — admin @ 9:00 am

By Derry London

Columbia, SC (WLTX) — It’s the fear of every parent of a teenager: they hit the road, cell phone in hand. Those two together never mix well.

There’s a free application for Android phones called SecuraFone®.

This app, designed for teenagers, allows parents to set up SecuraFences and receive a text alert any time their child crosses a virtual boundary.

With one press of a button, an SOS feature also automatically places a call to a predetermined emergency contact and alerts other emergency contacts via text or email.

For teens with wheels, SecuraFone can temporarily lock down the email and text messaging functions on a smartphone when the device is traveling at a high speed.

The app can also send an alert if a preset speed threshold is passed.

All settings can be tweaked through a password-protected online account.

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December 10, 2011

SecuraPets Featured on K9 Corner

Filed under: Family, Online, Pet GPS Tracking, TV, _SecuraPets RSS, _SecuraTrac RSS — admin @ 9:00 am

Hosted by Christy Wilcox.

SecuraTrac’s new product line, SecuraPets, was featured on K9 Corner, a local television program focused on keeping pets safe and pet owners informed of new technologies.

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